They flee Piccolo's workshop after the Fascist government attempts to hunt them down, because Rosso won't fight for his government.Īfter escaping from Milan, Porco flew to his hideout after a quick detour to get more gasoline for the plane. Initially Rosso is not pleased, but he grows to like her. A young girl, Fio Piccolo, ends up re-designing his plane. Due to the depression, Piccolo only as female workers, mostly from his family. Rosso survives but has to head to Milan on train. Having successfully defeated the pirates, the so-called Mamma Aiuto Gang, Porco retires to the Hotel Adriano, which is run by his long-time friend Gina.Īt the restarurant an American named Curtis proposes to Gina, but she rebuffs him.Īfter Porco Rosso leaves to Milan, to make repairs to his plane, he is shot down by Curtis, who wants to achieve fame by killing Rosso. The film, set in the Adriatic Sea in the interwar period, begins with the titular character Porco Rosso, a veteran WWI fighter ace and freelance bounty hunter, responding to an alert over an attack on a ferry liner by airborne pirates.
